Come on CEans! let's speak Japanese;)

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  CIVILPRINCESS

  let's learn the greetings today 😀
  
  hajimemashite- "glad to meet you." (we say this when we meet for the first time)
  konnichiwa- "good day" (nichi means day)
  konbanwa- "good evening" (here ban means evening)
  sumimasen- "sorry"
  
  will come back with more tomorrow 😀
  
  maybe we can learn to count tomorrow:?:
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  Ankita Katdare

  Hey nice start.
  
  I am adding some more Japanese Expressions/Greetings:
  
  Ohaiyou Gozaimasu: Good Morning
  
  Aarigato Gozaimasu: Thank you very much
  
  Gomen Nasai: I am extremely sorry
  
  O-genki-desu-ka : How are you?
  
  Do shimashita ka: What happened?
  
  Odaijini: Take care
  
  😀
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  Morningdot Hablu

  Google translater may be helpful.
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  optimystix

  great idea!!
  
  One suggestion though, it would help even more if you could provide the correct pronunciation for these words too. Not in Phonetics if u can help it.
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  Morningdot Hablu

  Google translator also provides pronunciation for these words too....just open google translator type your words switch the translator for english to japanese and at last just click on Show romanization.....you done it.
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  Morningdot Hablu

  Well for practice we can continue here: "Renshū mā, wareware wa koko de tsuzukeru koto ga dekimasu"
  
  Thankyou: "Arigatō"
  
  Nice to meet you: "Yoroshiku ne"
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  Kaustubh Katdare

  Awesome initiative. But could you guys help the rest of us with pronunciation? 😁
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  rishi0922

  Hi guys this is very awesome initiative. I my 1st year we have been taught japanese as a foreign language, but i didnt keen so much to learn because i was not having time to learn my course book so how can get time to learn japanese. We just enjoy in the japanese class, but still i found some Hi... Hello.... from this language which i wan't to share here ......
  
  
  Japanese has two type of alphabets..
  1: Hiragana- Mainly used to denote words of japnese origin
  2: Katakana- Mainly used to denote words of foreign origin
  
  Every Hiragana characters has the corresponding Katakana characters with the same sound bit with the different style. So lets talk in Japanese .
  
  
  
  Ohayougozaimasu-- Good morning.
  Watashi wa Rishi desu-- I am Rishi.
  O namae wa-- What is your name ?
  Watashi wa Indojin desu-- I am an Indian
  Hajimemasite-- nice to meet you
  Doumo arigatau gojaimashita- Thank you very much
  Sumimasen-- Excuseme
  Wakarimashita-- I understood
  Sou desu ka-- I see
  ima nangi desuka-- what time is it now ?
  li desuna-- it is nice
  Khonichiwa-- Good afternoon
  Konbanwa--Good evening
  
  Now lets learn counting ...
  
  1- ichi
  2- ni
  3- san
  4- yon
  5- go
  6- roku
  7- nana
  8- hachi
  9- kyuu
  10- ju
  11- ju ichi
  12- ju ni
  13- ju san
  14- ju yon
  15- ju g0
  16- ju roku
  17- ju nana
  18- ju hachi
  19- ju kyuu
  ............ nd so on
  1-- ichi
  10- ju
  100-- hyaku
  1000-- sen
  10000-- man
  1000-- issen
  2000-- nisen
  3000-- sansen
  4000- yonsen
  5000-- gosen
  6000--rokusen
  7000-- nanasen
  8000-- hassen
  9000-- kyuusen
  
  Now let's know some common words used in daily life..
  
  San- Mr/Mrs
  Indo-- India
  Nihon-- Japanese
  Indojin-- Indian
  Nihongu--Japanese language
  Watashi-- I
  Anata-- You
  Namae-- Name
  Gakusei-- Student
  Sensei-- Teacher
  Watashitachi-- We
  Hai-- yes
  Lie-- no
  Kochira-- This person
  Kono-- This
  Hito-- Person
  Onaji-- Same
  Kaisna-- Organisation/Company
  Sochira-- That person
  Sono-- That
  Donata-- Who
  Kore/Sore-- This/That
  Jisho-- Dictionary
  heya-- room
  Kyoushitsu-- Classroom
  Toshoshitsu-- Libraryroom
  Shitsu-- (suffix) room
  Isu-- chair
  Donna-- What, Which type?
  Kaban-- bag
  Kuroi-- black
  Dore-- Which
  Ue-- Up
  Shashin-- photo
  Tsukue-- Table
  Noto-- notebook
  Kyou-- Today
  Gatsu-- suffix added to count months
  Nichi-- suffix added to count days
  Onnanoku-- Girl
  Ko-- child
  Hi-- day
  Yasumi-- holiday
  Otokonoko-- boy
  Uchi-- home
  Tokoro-- place
  Basu-- bus
  Gakkou-- school
  Atarshi-- New
  Apato--apartments
  Yuumeina--famous
  Ima-- now
  Kaimono-- shopping
  Iku-- go
  Biru-- building
  Rupii-- rupees
  Oishii-- delicious
  Tabemasu--eat
  Tabemono-- food
  Yasui-- Cheap
  Jikan-- time
  Mai-- every
  Gozen-- a.m
  Gogo-- p.m
  Nemasu-- sleep
  Hayai-- early
  Hairimasu-- come in
  Sukina-- favourite
  Tsu-- count of number
  Bangohan--dinner
  Ban--night
  Mizu-- water
  Nomu-- drink
  Dewa-- ok now
  Kau-- face
  Mado-- windows
  Shimeru-- close
  Odoru-- dance
  Shumi-- hobby
  Tsoyoi-- strong
  Dansu-- dancing
  Kohi-- coffee
  Tsumetai-- cold
  Hima-- free time
  Suu- smoke
  Takushi-- taxi
  Miseru-- show
  Denwa-- phone
  Aruku-- walk
  Ato-- after
  Au-- meet
  Tera-- temple
  Ocha-- tea
  Furu-- rain
  Toriniku-- chicken
  Eiga-- movie
  Motto-- more
  Narau-- learn, study
  Kauen--park
  Hiku-- play
  Okane-- money
  Wasureru-- forget
  Hoteru-- hotel
  Mondai-- question
  Kotaeru-- answer
  kikitori-- listening
  
  This is all we have in my notebook of japanese ........./
  
  I have a question ....
  What do u mean be "aishiteru" ??
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  CIVILPRINCESS

  oh my god😁
  such a big list... thanks rishi😁
  
  as mentioned we can use the google translator to learn the pronunciation😀 or try to listen to audios to get the feel of language.😀
  
  one more thing in the japanese there is no "la", "ba", and some more syllables which we use... they use "ra" for "la" and "va" for "ba"... so when learn pronunciation keep these in mind😀
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  Kaustubh Katdare

  Guys, instead of dumping lot of information in single posts; why not go step by step as in lectures? Learning foreign language isn't easy.
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  Manish Goyal

  My friends will laugh on me
  
  If i use this language,seems funny 😀
  
  konnichiwa 😀
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  CIVILPRINCESS

  no goyal... this is a nice language😀 it may seem odd at first.. but it is a nice language😁
  
  and when you say these greeting like konnichiwa bow a little. it is their way of greeting😁
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  CIVILPRINCESS

  Yeah as biggie said we'll have to go step by step... or it will be of no use for learners😀 they may not feel like learning.😀
  
  we'll start with small sentences only... per day say three to five sentences.. any one can put them in..
  but it is necessary to put in the meaning of each word used and the basic grammatical structures. i think initially we could start off like this... what say guys:?:
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  Manish Goyal

  yeah I will try to use this
  
  
  If i am right they also use some different face expressions while talking in japanese.I mean their nose.
  
  Anyway One word contribution from me also "sayonara" means Good bye (i think so)"heard this in a old hindi movie song"
  
  By the way Nice initiative 😀
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  CIVILPRINCESS

  yeah sayonara means good bye😀
  but i'm not sure about the facial expressions you are mentioning. i don't think there is anything like that 😉
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  Ashraf HZ

  My fav word- Yoshi! (pronounced Yosh, meaning "alright!")
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  CIVILPRINCESS

  ok! lets learn the days of the week😀
  
  sunday: nichiyobi
  monday: getsuyobi
  tuesday: kayobi
  wednesday: suiyobi
  thursday: mokuyobi
  friday: kinyobi
  saturday: thoyobi
  
  so for " today is sunday" we put it as "kyowa nichiyobi desu."
  
  kyo means today.
  
  hope my grammatical form is correct... correct me if i'm wrong guys😀
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  Ankita Katdare

  Its correct.
  
  Just make one change.
  
  "Ima" means Now
  
  "Kyou" means Today.
  
  So it should be "Kyou waa nichiyoubi desu." 😀
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  Ankita Katdare

  @Rishi: Aishiteru means 'love you'
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  CIVILPRINCESS

  AbraKadabra

  Its correct.
  
  Just make one change.
  
  "Ima" means Now
  
  "Kyou" means Today.
  
  So it should be "Kyou waa nichiyoubi desu." 😀

  thanks for correcting😀
  so ima is used while telling the time isn't it :?:
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  Ankita Katdare

  Yes. "Ima" can be used while speaking about time.
  
  For eg:
  
  "Ima nan ji desu ka"
  translates to "What is the time now?"
  
  "Ima gogo yon ji desu."
  means: "It is 4 pm now"
  
  😀
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  cooltwins

  konbanwa......
  
  Aarigato Gozaimasu to all contributors to this thread..... 😀 assume that i'm bowing... 😉
  
  i've started learning nihongo seriously......
  
  li desuna.... (it's nice... 😀 )
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  CIVILPRINCESS

  ok guys some sentences for today😀
  
  "wakarimasu ka" - did you understand? ( wakari-understand)
  "ovarimasu ka" -shall we finish? (ovarimas-finish)
  "matha ashita" - see you tomorrow (ashita-tomorrow; matha-to meet)
  
  in the first two sentences, ka is used in the last. it is actually a question form. when we question we end it with "ka"
  and in the same sentences masu is added to the word. masu form is "to do".
  
  hope i have explained the grammar correct😀 if it is wrong please correct me 😁
  
  -CP
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  Sahithi Pallavi

  Awesome stuff going on guys!! 😀
  Thanks for all of you!!
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  CIVILPRINCESS

  sahithi pallavi

  Awesome stuff going on guys!! 😀
  Thanks for all of you!!

  yeah sahithi😀 and for thanks say "arigatho gosaimasu" here 😉
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  CIVILPRINCESS

  hiya CEans😀
  there have been lot of posts made in this thread... but my question is "is it reaching out to you?" if some one knows the language please put in a few sentences each day😀 and others is this thread serving it's purpose?
  
  thanks,
  -CP
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  Sahithi Pallavi

  arigatho gosaimasu CP. 😀
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  Ankita Katdare

  Hey all, I think we are mixing everything in one thread.
  
  Let's keep it organized. So that new CEans can understand where to start by looking at the titles. 😀
  
  Just started a new thread. Check it out.
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  Mr.Don

  Arigatō li desuna